FX70-C

I traded my old Thrash Master for this unit. I use a Gibson Les Paul Standard and a Fender Strat through it and some other effects, and into either my sampler or direct box. This thing is quite noisy, so some might want to use a noise gate with it.  But this pedal screams - with both the tone knobs set to full it shrieks like a banchee (really shrill highs), but if you pull the Top back to about 1 o'clock it's not so bad.  I don't use this to emulate any artists, but I'd say it would fit well with old thrash or speed metal. I rate the sound at 10 because it's as nasty as they get - pure evil in a box. 

Reliability hasn't been the greatest with mine.  The nut on the output jack came off and the jack slipped inside, and the threading's stripped.  The switch is busted, it won't turn off, and the battery wire is way too short. Since I only use it in the studio, I don't need to worry about it much, but I probably wouldn't rely on mine live.

As simple as any other distortion box. 4 knobs; Dissolve=Volume, Bottom and Top controls, and Rust=distortion.

Overall it's a great pedal, but the build quality wasn't the best on mine. The Corrosion fits in well with my thrashy industrial sound, almost too well.  I might consider buying another one if mine were to die completely.

I am using this with an old Conrad Acoustic/Electric with a Ibanez CF-7, EH Memory Man delay, BOSS AD-3, and a boss overdrive into a Kustom K25-2 amp (yeah the old white/black vinyl covered amps). I rarely use it anymore because it has a very generic sound. With some tweaking you may get an early metallica sounding distortion. turn up the gain and you can cut through solos pretty well.

I had problems with the first one i bought. it would switch over to distortion, and the one i had now had problems once. Its built like a tank but the insides are weak. Use a backup in a gig.

Very easy to use and set up. A must get for beginners who want distortion or something to switch their guitar over from clean to dist. quickly.

I never had to deal with them, i just took it back and got a new one.

Like I said, its a nice pedal for beginners, and if you dont want to spend alot of money. I'm tempted to sell mine to a friend who needs a cheap distortion box. Overall its a decent pedal but dont pay more than $45 because you could get a better distortion for a few bucks more. If you buy it used dont pay more than $25.